#Democracy

“Therefore, anti-oppressive research is not a process to discover knowledge, but a political process to co-create and rediscover knowledge. Through anti-oppressive research, we construct emancipatory, liberatory knowledge that can be acted on, by, and in the interests of the marginalized and oppressed.” (p 261-262)

“And it was Facebook that made it possible. It was from Facebook that Cambridge Analytica obtained its vast dataset in the first place. Earlier, psychologists at Cambridge University harvested Facebook data (legally) for research purposes and published pioneering peer-reviewed work about determining personality traits, political partisanship, sexuality and much more from people’s Facebook ‘likes’.” (¶41)

“While it is important that we recognize the contributions of those like Delpit who alert us to school politics of culture and language, it is vital that we engage in analysis and action to address the structural relationships of power and domination in our society, including social, economic, _and_ cultural aspects, and how they impact educational systems.” (p 29)

“… a space where students can figure out what is true, just, responsible, meaningful, and possible not only as a measure of individual success but also as part of the struggle to nurture a thriving democracy. … That is why intellectuals must take sides, speak out, and engage in the hard work of debunking corporate culture’s assault on teaching and learning.”

“The consequence of the substitution of technology for pedagogy is that instrumental goals replace ethical and political considerations, diminishing classroom control by teachers while offering a dehumanizing pedagogy for students.”

“… many educators have lost a meaningful language for linking schooling to democracy, convinced that education is now about job training, competitive market advantage, patriotic correctness, and a steady supply of labor for the national security state.”